Photo: RNZ/Johnny BladesNew Zealand has offered to help Solomon Islands improve its participation in its Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme.More than 600 Solomon Islanders currently work in viticulture and horticulture in New Zealand the highest number since Solomon Islands joined the scheme in 2007.However this pales...
Steep airfares are a major impediment to Solomon Island workers wanting to take part in New Zealand's Recognised Seasonal Employers scheme.The labour mobility scheme provides special work visas for Pacific Islanders to work in New Zealand's viticulture and horticulture industries.This year there are more than...
The owner of Gala Berry Farm in Warkworth in New Zealand's north is looking at ways to overcome heavy drinking among some of the farm's Tongan seasonal workers.The strawberry farm each year employs about 90 Tongan workers under New Zealand's Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme.Lynda Ashby...
Labour could look at ways to improve the RSE scheme as part of a review of its immigration policies, says Kaikoura Labour candidate Janette Walker.Public concern over how much overseas vineyard workers are being charged for accommodation and petrol could be mitigated by clearer guidelines...
There was little in the way of crop damage to the key grape and apple growing regions.New Zealand's horticulture industry has emerged largely unscathed after heavy rain throughout much of the country over the weekend, although there were reports of damage to kiwifruit orchards in...
Solomon Islanders undertaking seasonal work in New Zealand sent home $US2.1 million dollars and up to $US1.2 million from Australia in the last season.The two work schemes, New Zealand's Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme and Australia's Seasonal Workers' Programme, provide short term work in horticulture and...